everywhen
English edit
Etymology edit
Adverb edit
everywhen (not comparable)
- (rare) Always, at all times.
- 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 3, ch. VIII, Unworking Aristocracy:
- Everywhere and everywhen a man has to ‘pay with his life;’ to do his work, as a soldier does, at the expense of life.
Usage notes edit
The word is usually collocated with everywhere in the phrase everywhere and everywhen, where it often denotes continuous existence or inexistence in time and space, and as such, it is commonly found in theological and spiritual contexts.[1]